Laundry dripboard.



E. JORDAN.

LAUNDRY DRIPBOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1914.

1,138,661. Patented May11,1915.

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EDWARD JORDAN, OF NEWTON, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

LAUNDRY DRIPBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,145.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD JORDAN, gentleman, a subject of the King ofGreatBritain and Ireland, residing at 126 Station street, Newton, in theState of New South Wales and Commonwealth of Australia, have invented anew and useful Improved Laundry Dripboard, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in drip-boards for laundry work,and the ob ject of the invention is to provide a cheap and simpledrip-board which is adapted to be used for a two-fold purpose.

The first and principal purpose of the invention is to bridge thedistance between the washing boiler or copper and the washtub so thatthe boiled clothes can be removed from the boiler on to and over thisdripboard into the washtub so that the dripping suds water will passback into the boiler thereby avoiding excessive waste, and at the sametime minimizing the quantity of suds water passing into the wash tubcontaining the rinsing water, and furthermore the dripboard is soconstructed that no suds water can fall into the space or portion thatgenerally exists between the said washing boiler and the washtub,providing the drip-board is made long enough to bridge over the space.

The second purpose of the invention is that it can conveniently be usedas a transporting tray for the clothes after they have been rinsed andready for drying.

A dripboard constructed according to this invention consists of alongitudinally arched bottom supported by longitudinal cheeks one end ofwhich rests upon the washing boiler, the other upon the washtub. Thecheeks projecting upwardly above the arched bottom so as to form sideflanges, the upper edges of which are preferably of the same contour asthe arched bottom.

Beneath the arched bottom are lateral bearers, one of which is providedwith a depending lug adapted to take against the inner periphery of thewash boiler edge, and the other which-is of sufiicient length to bridgethe largest type of household washing tub, has adjustable lugs forsecuring the drip-board in a firm position on any size of tub while theclothes are being lifted from the boiler on to the board and thence intothe tub. The receiving end of the arched bottom situated over the boileris segmental in shape.

Above the archedbottom' are a series of spaced lateral laths that have aclearance space beneath so that when the clothes are lifted out of theboiler on to the laths, the dripping suds watermay pass between thelaths and the arched bottom underneath back into the boiler.

The laths extend from the receiving end of the board to the highestpoint of the arched bottom.

lVhen rinsing the clothes the segmental or receiving end of thedripboard is placed over the rinsing tub, so that when the rinsedclothes are placed upon the laths the dripping suds water may pass backinto the said tub. The rinsed clothes may then be transported to wheredesired for drying by using the dripboard as a tray. But in order thatthe invention may be more clearly understood reference will now be madeto the drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedripboard. Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 3 a crosssectional elevation.

The longitudinally arched bottom 5 has one inclination longer than theother and is secured underneath to the bearers 6 that are rigidly fixedto the side cheeks or supports 7 which also form flanges above thebottom 5. Above the longer inclination are lateral laths 8 secured tothe upper surface of the bearers 6.

The end 9 of the longer inclination of the arched bottom 5 is segmentalin shape, and below the arched bottom are lateral strengthening pieces10 and 11 the former having a pivoted lug 12 adapted to engage with theboiler 13. Also afiixed to the cheeks and underneath the bottom is abearer 14: having stop pieces 15 adapted to engage with the washtub 16thereby securing the dripboard in position.

In use when removing boiled clothes from the boiler 13 the dripboard isso situated that the segmental end 9 of the arched bottom 5 is placedover the boiler, and the lug 12 turned down while also the lugs 15 areadjusted at the tub end 16 thereby securing the dripboard firmly inposition as the clothes are lifted up out of the boiler upon the laths8, the dripping suds water passing down between the laths to the bottom5 back into the boiler 13.

When rinsing the clothes the dripboard is reversed so that the segmentalend 9 is placed over the rinsing tub, the clothes are then placed on thelaths thus allowing the dripping Water to pass back in the tub.

The rinsed clothes may then be transported to Where desired by using thedripboard as a tray.

I claim An improved laundry dripboard comprising a longitudinally-archedbottom having one inclination longer than the other, the

free end of the longer inclination being of I a segmental shape,bearers, to the underside of Which is secured the arched bottom, sidesto Which the bearers are secured, transverse pieces secured to the topof thebearers above the longer inclination, said sides projecting abovethe bottom and transverse pieces, lateral strengthening pieces below thearched bottom, a pivoted lug for one of said pieces adapted to engagethe boiler, and a bearer aflixed to said sides beloW the bottom, havingstop pieces secured to it.

EDWARD JORDAN. .Witnesses T. C. ALLEN, AMY GAUDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

